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' J. W. & A. H. GREENE.

SHADE HANGER.

No. 340,439. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

WITNESSES @24 MM NlTED STATES.

PATENT FFICE.

JOHN V. GREENE AND ASBURY H. GREENE, OF OREGON, MISSOURI; SAID ASBURY H. GREENE ASSIGNOR TO JAMES T. THAICHER AND PHILIP J.

ZILLESfBOTH OF SAME PLACE.

SHADE-HANGER.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,439, dated April 20, 1886.

Application filed November 13, 1885; Serial No. 182.724.

' To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that We, JOHN \V. GREENE and ASBURY H. GREENE, both residents of Oregon, in the county of Holt and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Hangers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved shade-hanger and curtain rod support.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of one ofthe brackets separated from the bar, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form ofthe bracket. Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 2o sponding parts in all-the figures.

Our invention has relation to shade-hangers; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a hanger, which is provided with supports for acurtain-rod, so

that a shade and curtain and curtain-rod of any width may be secured to a window-frame regardless of the width of the said frame, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A 3o indicates a flat bar or narrow strip, near the ends of which the brackets B, which form bearings for the curtain-roller O, are secured. These brack cts consist of a base-plate, D, which is formed at its lower end with an eye, E, for

5 the reception of the fastening-screw F, and from the outer side of which the bracket G, which forms the bearing H, projects, and the upper end of this plate is bent back ataright angle, as shown at I, and is formed with a +0 downwardly-projecting lip, J, which clamps the upper edge of the flat bar or strip bearing against the rear side of the same. This lip is continued upward, forming an eye, K, which is formed with a key-hole shaped perforation, L, having its wider portion at its lower end, so as to enable the eye to be secured upon the headed endof a nail or screw. One side of the bracket is formed with a socket, N, into which the lower end of a rod, 0, fits, the upper ing the enlarged portions of the eyes' of the (No model.)

end of which is formed into a forwardly-pro 5o jecting hook, P, and the curtain-rod Q may rest in this hook. I

- In Fig. 3 the socket is shown formed in the upper edge of the bracket, while the remaining portion of the device is of the same construction as the device shown in the foregoing figures.

It will thus be seen that the brackets are se-v cured to the fiat bar or strip by only one screw each, the lips at the rear side of the base-plates of the brackets clamping the upper edge of the bar, and that a curtain-rod and curtain or latnbrequin maybe supported from the forwardly-projecting hooks upon the brackets, so that the entire shade and curtain may be supported from the bar, which is supported from two nails or screws secured in the face of the top piece of the window-frame, the headed ends of the said nails or screws enter- 7o brackets and slipping up into thenarrower portions as the eyes settle upon the nails or screws. 1

The curtain'rod supporting hooks may be used or not, at will; and it will be seen that in hanging shades or curtains all that it is necessary to do is to secure two nails or screws into the top piece of the window-frame at a distance from each other equal to the distance between the eyes of the brackets upon the flat bar, when the said bar may be hooked upon the nails or screws, and will be perfectly secured upon the same, being at the same time easily removed, when it is either desired to clean or repair the window-frame, or when the shades or curtains are to be moved to another place.

The brackets may easily be secured to the bar, only one screw securing each bracket, the lip at the upper end of the bracket clamping the upper edge of the bar or strip, and securing the bracket to the strip at its upper end without further use of screws or strips, thus avoiding any weakening of the said strip by the insertion of too many nails or screws.

If desired, the eyes may be separate from the brackets; but for simplicity we prefer to have the eyesintegral with the brackets, so

that they may be secured to the strips with the least possible consumption oftime or labor.

The brackets are preferably made of cast metal, and may be formed and worked intoany desired ornamental pattern without departing from the general outline of the brackets or impairing their usefulness, so that the device may be rendered highly ornamental and artistic, while it retains its utility.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In combination with a flat bar a shadebracket consisting of a baseplate having an eye at its lower end for a fastening-screw, and having at its upper end a downwardly-pro jecting lip for clamping the upperedge ot' the flat bar, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In combination with a Hat bar, a shade bracket consisting of a base-plate having an eye at its lower end for a fastening-screw, and having at its upper rearwardly-bent end a doWnwardly-projecting lip for clamping the upper edge of the bar, and an eye for suspend ing it, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In a shade-hanger and curtain-support, the combination of a flat bar, brackets consisting of base plates having eyes at their lower ends for fastening-screws, and having at their upper ends downwardly-projecting lips for clamping the upper edge of the bar, and upwardly-projecting eyes for suspending the bar, and being further formed with upwardlyopening sockets upon their bracket port-ions, and bars fitting with their lower endsinto the said sockets, and having their upper ends bent forward and formed intoforwardly-projecting curtain-rod-supporting hooks, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto atlixed our si natures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. GREENE. ASBURY H. GREENE.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. THATCHER, PHILIP J. ZILLES. 

